Day 28 - Seward

We saw it on the map, but we couldn’t find it. At the last minute I spotted it and slammed on my brakes and pulled into the turn out. Bill was able to find a pull out just up the road. We got some pictures of Bertha Creek.

Seward weather was not any better than Whittier. We pulled into the city RV park around 11:00 and checkout was at 12:00. We started checking out the receipts on the posts and found two spots close together that were open. They had water and electric so we took them. Cathy was on the phone to the whale /glacier boat and came hustling up “Let’s go. We have reservations for the tour boat at 12:00. Lunch will be served there, but we have to hurry!

The shuttle picked us up in the parking lot and brought us to the check-in desk. We paid and proceeded to our boat.

It wasn’t raining but there was no sun either. We sat outside upstairs where we could get out of the wind or be out on the deck.

The snow covered peaks surrounded Resurrection Bay with Seward getting smaller behind us. Not too far out we saw a whale surface. You couldn’t see much except for a small portion of his/her back and then a couple of slaps of the tail, but you got an idea of their size.

Lunch was an hour ride to Fox Island. We disembarked (I never got to say that about myself before. I always said I got off of the boat, but this is a pretty big boat and the crew was treating us well, so we disembarked.) and went to the lodge for all you can eat prime rib, salmon, mashed potatoes, rolls, salad, and some weird beans which were all included in the price of the boat trip.

After about an hour on shore, we embarked back on the boat and hit the high seas again.

The sights included Bear Glacier, some rocks with thousands of nesting gulls. More whale tails and sea lions and puffins and then our 4 ½ hour cruise was over. It was a great trip and we sat inside where it was warm on the way back.

We only ate sandwiches for supper because we had such a big meal.